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We're Fixing Our Own Website. Here's What's Actually Happening
We audited our own site. Now we're fixing it. Mobile performance: 42 to 91. Here's what we did, what hit a wall, and what's still to come.

WordPress 7.0 Just Dropped - Here's What You Need to Know (And Do)
WordPress 7.0 is a big one - and if you're not a developer, that email in your inbox might be making you nervous. Here's what the update actually means, what you need to do before touching anything, and why Friday is never the right day for this.

We Audited Our Own Website. Here's What We Found.
A few weeks ago, we published a piece asking whether your website is working hard enough for today's internet. Since then, a number of people have come back with a version of the same question: what does one of these reports actually look like?

Oh, Sh*t. Website disaster. Now what?
Don't let a "Friday night disaster" or a hacked homepage ruin your week. MD Jilly Cross discusses digital emergencies, from establishing a single source of truth to mastering the art of the "plain English" post-mortem. Learn how to keep your cool, keep your users informed, and get back online faster.

Your website might be "good". But that might be the problem...
Search has changed. AI has changed it further. Most websites haven't kept up. We're currently helping clients audit exactly where theirs are leaving value on the table - and what to do about it.
We Made the Final Round. We Didn't Win. Here's Everything We Did Anyway
We made it to the final round of a competitive tender for a fabulous membership organisation. Our proposal was good. Someone else's was better. Here's the thinking, the technical architecture, and the approach we'd bring to any organisation with the same problem.

Why Do We Fall? A Series About the Projects That Didn't Go to Plan
Thinking out loud about digital products, design, strategy and the reality of running an agency. Honest takes from the Bravand team - including the projects that didn't go to plan, the ideas we couldn't shake, and the things we wish someone had told us earlier.
Choose your fighter(s)
This bunch of marvellous, talented and excitable people is what powers everything we do and achieve here at Team Bravand. We all have very different skillsets that may or may not be relevant when we work with you. So don’t get upset if you don’t end up working with all of us. K?




